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Prionochaeta opaca
Species
Prionochaeta opaca
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily
Staphylinoidea
Family
Leiodidae (Round Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily
Cholevinae (Small Carrion Beetles)
Tribe
Cholevini
Genus
Prionochaeta
Species
opaca
(Prionochaeta opaca)
Explanation of Names
Prionochaeta opaca
(Say 1825)
Size
4.0‒5.5 mm
(
1
)
Range
e.NA (NS‒FL to MB‒TX)
(
2
)
Habitat
forest litter, caves; common on carrion
(
3
)
Works Cited
1.
Systematics, distributions, and bionomics of the small carrion beetles of North America
Peck, S.B. and J. Cook. 2002. The Canadian Entomologist 134: 723-787.
2.
An annotated catalog of the Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Nearctic region (Continental North America North of Mexico)
S.B. Peck & A.F. Newton. 2017. The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(2): 211-258.
3.
American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by
v belov
on 3 May, 2011 - 8:21am
Last updated 25 December, 2023 - 2:40pm